"Spinal Fusion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Operative immobilization or ankylosis of two or more vertebrae by fusion of the vertebral bodies with a short bone graft or often with diskectomy or laminectomy. (From Blauvelt & Nelson, A Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology, 5th ed, p236; Dorland, 28th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D013123
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.555.100.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Spinal Fusion- Spinal Fusion
- Fusion, Spinal
- Fusions, Spinal
- Spinal Fusions
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2007 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2013 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 2014 | 26 | 2 | 28 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1 | 22 |
| 2017 | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| 2018 | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 2019 | 23 | 6 | 29 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5 | 30 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| 2022 | 41 | 0 | 41 |
| 2023 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spinal Fusion" by people in Profiles.
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Health Care Costs After Lumbar Fusion and Disk Replacement for Diskogenic Pain. Orthopedics. 2025; 48(2):117-120.
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Health Care Costs Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion or Cervical Disc Arthroplasty. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2024 Apr 15; 49(8):530-535.
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The Veterans Rand-12 Physical Composite Score Prognosticates Postoperative Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. World Neurosurg. 2023 Dec; 180:e756-e764.
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Poor patient-reported mental health correlates with inferior patient-reported outcome measures following cervical disc replacement. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2023 11; 165(11):3511-3519.
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Effect of baseline veterans RAND-12 physical composite score on postoperative patient-reported outcome measures following lateral lumbar interbody fusion. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2023 11; 165(11):3531-3537.
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Effect of Lumbar Fusion and Pelvic Fixation Rigidity on Hip Joint Stress: A Finite Element Analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2023 Oct 15; 48(20):E355-E361.
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Time to achievement of minimum clinically important difference after lumbar decompression. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2023 09; 165(9):2625-2631.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 Shutdown Did Not Affect Mental Health Scores in Lumbar Decompression Patients in a Large Metropolitan Region. Clin Spine Surg. 2023 Dec 01; 36(10):E484-E487.
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Preoperative predictors of prolonged hospitalization in patients undergoing lateral lumbar interbody fusion. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2023 09; 165(9):2615-2624.
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Comparison of minimally invasive decompression alone versus minimally invasive short-segment fusion in the setting of adult degenerative lumbar scoliosis: a propensity score-matched analysis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 09 01; 39(3):394-403.